Passenger connectivity has come and gone over the years, writes BRENDAN GALLAGHER. But now mobile phones and Internet access in the cabin look like they're here to stay, and Middle Eastern airlines are among the earliest adopters
Ten well known French companies will be participating at AIME 2010 under the auspices of the France Pavilion,when the show opens at Dubai Airport Expo on Sunday.
Dubai Airshow organiser F&E Aerospace is set to attract aviation professionals involved in inflight comfort, capability and connectivity to the forthcoming 'Aerospace Week'.
Airbus Corporate Jet Centre (ACJC), the specialist in ACJ VIP cabin completion and associated services, has delivered its fourth VVIP cabin, for an undisclosed customer in the Middle East.
Gulf Air is to drop its long haul First Class cabin in favour of new single-premium class cabin which the airline says will offer the very best elements of Gulf Air's First Class for the price of a traditional Business Class fare. New style seating and cabin design will be installed by the end of next year.
Visually impaired passengers on Gulf Air will have a better access to in-flight entertainment following the introduction across the fleet to a Braille entertainment guide
Dassault Falcon and BMW Group DesignworksUSA have scooped the prestigious “Good Design” award for 2009 by The Chicago Athenaeum and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design for their successful collaboration on the new Falcon 7X interior option.
Boeing has publicly unveiled the first 787 Dreamliner to feature interior components. The third flight test airplane, ZA003, has a partial interior that provides a glimpse into the new flying experience the airplane will offer. Configured for flight-testing purposes, the interior includes instrumentation racks, flight-test equipment and workstations for engineers.
Aleem Shaikh of UK aircraft equipment specialist Aerolux would be very happy if one of the products he represents was never, ever used in anger. It's the ELTA ADT-406 emergency locator transmitter (ELT) – a satellite homing beacon designed to alert rescue forces in the event of a forced landing.
The green shoots of aviation recovery have started to emerge and many airlines are looking forward to getting back to growth – albeit it cautiously and on a more gradual scale than the growth recorded after previous recessionary periods.
Oman Air becomes the first airline in the world to offer the full mobile phone and wi-fi connectivity suite on its commercial widebody aircraft when it starts to unroll Mobile OnAir and Internet OnAir services across its brand new Airbus A330 fleet from the middle of February.
OnAir, is to install its inflight passenger connectivity services on Libya's Afriqiyah Airways' entire Airbus long range and short range fleets. This is the first time an airline has announced a decision to install connectivity in both the long and short range fleets.
The first pictures have been released of Al Jaber Aviation's (AJA) first aircraft, an A318 Elite, which will now undergo cabin outfitting by Lufthansa Technik at its Tulsa, Oklahoma facility.
Associated Air Center, the completions center for transport-category VIP aircraft, and a key business unit of StandardAero, a Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) Company, has successfully transitioned their Designated Alteration Station (DAS) to Organization Designation Authorization (ODA) at its Dallas, Texas location.
UK aircraft interior refurbishment and manufacturing company MAC Interiors was selected by Egypt Air to refurbish three of the airline's Falcon 20 VIP jets. Marcelle Nethersole met up with MAC MD Stephen Whittaker to find out why the company is proving to be so successful in the Middle Eastern markets.
Patrick Mauboussin is known the world over for his fine jewellery designs but is now working on a different kind of gem – his signature aircraft design for Masterjet Business Aviation. Marcelle Nethersole talks to Mauboussin and Masterjet's Edward Queffelec, about their collaboration and the interest it is sure to generate in the Middle East.
Though the airlines want in-flight entertainment systems that are lighter and cheaper than ever before, they take no risks in choosing their suppliers. Now a Middle Eastern carrier is about to break the mould, writes BRENDAN GALLAGHER
Panasonic has created an X Series hybrid solution to bring new capabilities to its K Series System 2000e in-flight entertainment system onboard up to 37 Emirates aircraft.
Boeing's B787 delays to Royal Jordanian means the Amman-based airline is heading for an expensive cabin refurbishment programme to enable it to remain competitive in terms of cabin comfort with other Middle Eastern airlines.
